Home and Hearth BakerThe companion book
Starting and Building a Home Bakery Business
By Jeffrey Campbell · Home and Hearth Press
What's inside
235 pages23 chapters in five partsWorksheets, checklists, a glossary, vendors and an index
Part One: Deciding and Getting Legal4 chapters
- Is a Home Bakery Right for You?
- Cottage Food Laws, Explained
- Setting Up the Business
- Home, Family and Time
Part Two: The Kitchen and the Product5 chapters
- Equipping Your Kitchen
- Building a Menu That Sells
- Recipes That Scale
- Food Safety at Home
- Packaging and Labels
Part Three: Money4 chapters
- Pricing for Profit
- Keep Business Money Separate
- Records That Protect You
- Taxes for Home Bakers
Part Four: Selling7 chapters
- Finding Your Customers
- Presentation That Sells
- Farmers Markets and Events
- Your Own Farm Stand
- Orders, Custom Work and Holidays
- Marketing on a Small Budget
- Customer Care
Part Five: Growing3 chapters
- Growing Within the Law
- When You Outgrow Your Kitchen
- Keeping the Joy
Also inside
- Conclusion: Your Kitchen, Your Business
- Appendix A: Worksheets
- Appendix B: Checklists
- Appendix C: Glossary
- Resources and Vendors
- Meet Home and Hearth Baker
- Index
Turn the baking people love into a business you love.
Your friends keep telling you, “You should sell these.” This book shows you how: legally, profitably, and without losing the joy that got you started. Written for home bakers in every state, it takes you step by step from your first question to a thriving cottage food business.
- How cottage food laws work, and how to find your state's exact rules
- Setting up right: your name, an LLC, insurance and a business bank account
- Recipes that scale, safe kitchen habits and labels that meet the law
- Prices that pay you for your time, plus simple books and taxes
- Selling at markets, farm stands, online and by custom order
- Growing within the law, and knowing when to move beyond your kitchen
With worksheets, checklists, stories from home bakers and a guide to vendors, it's the friendly, practical handbook every home baker needs.
$19.95 paperback, with free shipping in the U.S. Indiana orders add 7% sales tax.
On your card statement: the charge will show as Tau Publishing, LLC. Home and Hearth Press and Home and Hearth Baker are imprints of Tau Publishing, LLC.
Paperback, 235 pages, 5.5 × 8.5 inches · ISBN 978-1-61956-771-9 · Ships to U.S. addresses · All book sales final · Refund Policy